MEMORIAL DAY Today I walked a cemetery, trod between the rows, While flags rippled in the breeze, read names I didn’t know, Some the First, some the Second, some from that Asian hell And the rows went on forever as far as I could tell… I thought about the meaning of all those countless deaths, Of blood and fear and suffering and painful drawn last breaths, Of families left behind to wait , a carefully folded flag As their loved ones make the trip back home in a zipped up body bag… What compels these men to fight in wars that make no sense? To risk life and limb in foreign lands awash in violence? To trade all that they love in life for a chattering, smoking gun, A posthumous medal, an IED, insurgents on the run? The few, the proud, the valiant, the boy you knew next door, Our nation’s youth expended in a politician’s war, For love of country, honour, for all that we hold true, For those that they don’t even know, for me, for us, for you… Some wear scars we cannot see, those that make it back, Some horribly disfigured from a suicide attack, And on this day, to honour them, we drink, we eat and play, All they get in tribute is one lousy, stinking day. Every single day should be memorial We should televise every single funeral Every name should be forever burned into our minds So these warriors are remembered until the end of time. THANK YOU VETERANS. |
By Johnny Whitebread Kansas U.S.A |
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